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Reba named “Woman of the Year”
On Thursday, October 5th, Billboard magazine will release its 2nd Annual “Women in Music” issue which honors the top 20 women in music. The list will be revealed at a special breakfast for the honorees [...]
The Eagles release new album and slated to appear on CMT Awards
After almost thirty years, my favorite band of all time, The Eagles, have recorded a new album entitled Long Road out of Eden, which features the single "How Long." The song is climbing the Billboard country chart [...]
True test of RIAA’s legal theories as first case goes to trial.
Although the Recording Industry Association of America started going after individual litigants in 2004, no case has yet to go to trial in front of a judge or jury. This is about to change. Since [...]
New independent label on Music Row
Florida businessmen, David Lowman, Bobby Land, and William Whitacre have announced the establishment of Radiance Records, a new independent country record label. Lowman’s music industry experience includes fifteen years as a recording [...]
The new paradigm of music has arrived!
Law on the Row used to be a periodic newsletter in the physical world that I would send to my clients and mailing list. In the first edition of Law on the Row, published September [...]
Eddie Haskell Sues SAG
Althought not particularly related to Music Row or the music industry in general, I find this little tidbit of news interesting, if not a bit entertaining, and I wanted to share it. The Associated Press [...]
UMG to move off of Music Row
Luke Lewis, Chairman of Universal Music Group here on Music Row, announced yesterday that the company will be relocated to the new SunTrust Plaza at 401 Commerce Street in downtown Nashville, right next door to [...]
SpiralFrog continues to expand catalog
The New York-based online music site, SpiralFrog is continuing to grow its catalog of freely downloadable songs. SpiralFrog describes itself as "a Web-based advertising-supported music experience that combines music discovery tools with free and legal [...]
Preston receives Dale Franklin Award from Leadership Music
The Schermerhorn Symphony Center is indeed one of the new crown jewels of Nashville, Tennessee. Last night, I sat in the Sympony Hall while Leadership Music honored another one of Nashville's crown jewels, Francis Williams [...]
Nashville Symphony Names New Conductor
The Nashville Symphony Orchestra announced this month that it entered into a five-year contract with Giancarlo Guerrero, who will serve as their music director beginning in 2009. Guerrero will be the 8th conductor in the [...]
CCMA Selects Music Row Veterans as Board Members
The Canadian Country Music Association's has announced the selectio nof its 2007-2008 board of directors, which includes two Nashville music industry veterans, Ralph Murphy and Jeff Walker. Ralph Murphy is vice president for ASCAP in [...]
John Michael Montgomery sued for slander
The digital weekly magazine Encore reported that John Michael Montgomery asked a Lexington, Kentucky judge to dismiss the slander lawsuit filed against him. Montgomery's lawyers argued that statements made by Montgomery to the police as part of [...]
Fox realty series featuring Music City premiers Friday
A new series about Music City entitled Nashville airs tomorrow night, Friday, September 15, at 8 p.m. on Fox (WZTV-Channel 17). The series tracks a group of ten young adults who are attempting to "make [...]
Savarino’s Cucina
After reading a Tennessean article in which Al Bunetta of Oh Boy Records is quoted as recommending this beautiful little Sicilian eatery in Hillsboro Village, I decided to try the place. I'm never one to miss [...]
Bug Music & Windswept
John Allen will head up the Nashville office of Bug Music and Windswept after the new merger of the two companies. The offices officially relocated to 33 Music Square West, Suite 104B, Nashville, Tennessee [...]
New Wine in Old Wine Skins
People don't pour new wine into old wineskins. If they [...]
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